---
type: "Bill"
title: "Classified employees: notice of layoff."
description: "Classified employees: notice of layoff."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 290"
citation: "California AB 290 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Classified employees: notice of layoff."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Firebaugh"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2003-02-05"
last_action: "2003-10-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7453d75-4b00-4bcf-90e6-b6708b3a4c0c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB290"
source_hash: "e244e295dcde70aa2f76de6e6eec4dcfbaa3ca8980f457938406ef5a26e6927e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 290 (20032004) — Classified employees: notice of layoff.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/05/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB290&version=20030AB29099INT)
2. **03/20/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB290&version=20030AB29098AMD)
3. **06/26/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB290&version=20030AB29097AMD)
4. **07/03/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB290&version=20030AB29096AMD)
5. **07/15/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB290&version=20030AB29095AMD)
6. **08/18/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB290&version=20030AB29094AMD)
7. **10/12/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB290&version=20030AB29092CHP)
8. **AB290** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB290)
9. **09/05/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB290&version=20030AB29093ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended, and re-refer to the committee on labor and industrial relations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab290 firebaugh by escutia — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 290 firebaugh concurrence in senate amendments by diaz — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 290 firebaugh assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Firebaugh — primary (person)
- Alarcon — coauthor (person)
- Diaz — principal coauthor (person)
- Kehoe — principal coauthor (person)
- Negrete McLeod — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2003-10-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 880, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-10-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-15** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2003-09-05** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 48. Noes 27. Page 3494.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 15. Page 2165.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 4.) (August 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-08-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-15** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-14** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 3.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-26** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-25** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations (Ayes 8. Noes 1.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Education and Standing Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-08** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 46. Noes 27. Page 1534.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 6.) (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-23** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (April 23). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-24** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-02-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-06** From printer. May be heard in committee March 8.
- **2003-02-05** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e7453d75-4b00-4bcf-90e6-b6708b3a4c0c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).